About Us THE ALBERTA BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Paul Schieman – Artistic Director

The Ensemble | Recordings | Board of Directors | Staff | Sponsors

Please join us to experience our 32^nd year of the music that continues to delight listeners around the world.

The satisfying and exciting music of the Baroque era will be presented this season through six specially themed concerts featuring the accomplished musicians of the Alberta Baroque Ensemble with world-class guest artists. They will perform popular and not always heard music written by Bach, Handel Corelli, Vivaldi and Telemann.

In addition, special solos for flute, oboe, violin, viola, and trumpet will be the highlights of the six concerts. This exciting range of soloists and instruments presented in our virtuoso style will be sure to please you.

Join us in celebrating the finest music of the 17^th and 18^th centuries.

Our Guest Soloists

• Hermine Gagné – Violin; Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Lidia Khaner – Principal oboe; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
• Jolaine Kerley – Soprano soloist; Edmonton
• Robin Doyon – Principal trumpet; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
• Mark Wilkinson – Bass; 2011 recipient of Alberta Baroque Ensemble Scholarship
• Da Camera Singers – Edmonton-based chamber choir
• Elizabeth Koch – Principal flute; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
• Aidan Ferguson – Mezzo-soprano; Montreal Opera’s Atelier Lyrique
• Mark Fewer – International performing artist and Professor of Violin; McGill University

WHAT IS THE ALBERTA BAROQUE ENSEMBLE?

The Alberta Baroque Ensemble is a professional chamber orchestra whose repertoire is primarily the music of the 17^th and 18^th centuries and whose performance practices reflect the spirit and style of the period in which the music was composed.

Formed in 1980 by its Founder and Artistic Director Paul Schieman, the Alberta Baroque Ensemble consists of a core group of fourteen highly skilled musicians. As individuals, each member of The Alberta Baroque Ensemble brings accomplishments and experience through studies at prestigious schools such as McGill University, the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta and from performing with ensembles such as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra.

The Alberta Baroque Ensemble is governed by a registered charitable society, The Alberta Baroque Music Society, which exists to promote and foster excellence in the Alberta Baroque Ensemble and the performance and appreciation of Baroque music.

The Alberta Baroque Music Society is very proud of its history of fiscal responsibility with a long-term goal of self-sufficiency through the generous support of all its donors and sponsors.

THE BAROQUE EXPERIENCE

The spirit of the Baroque was one of dynamism and adventure, pomp and monumentality, opulence and flamboyance. To experience this exciting age in music, we turn to men like Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli and Telemann, whose creations are richly imbued with sensuous melodic lines, glowing sonorities, luxuriant counterpoint and driving rhythmic energy.

The period we call “Baroque” in music stretched across a span of a century and a half, from 1600–1750. It is customary to divide the musical Baroque into three neat 50-year segments: early, middle and late. Most of the music in the popular repertory is from the late period (1700-1750).

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THE ENSEMBLE

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THE ALBERTA BAROQUE ENSEMBLE RECORDINGS

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THE ALBERTA BAROQUE MUSIC SOCIETY
Board of Directors 2011–2012

THE ALBERTA BAROQUE MUSIC SOCIETY
Staff

THE ALBERTA BAROQUE MUSIC SOCIETY
Honorary Lifetime Members

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ABE CHAIR SPONSORS

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